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Exhibition of architect Hans Hollein at Gallerie 4 of the Centre Pompidou until June

The Centre Pompidou has closed, but there is still a reason, and a chance, to visit it. Gallerie 4, which remains open until June, is currently hosting an exhibition of the architect and conceptual artist Hans Hollein (1934–2014), who worked in extreme design and architecture for more than fifty

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About 2,000 works from the museum will go to French and foreign museums

Today one of the finest museums of modern art, the Centre Pompidou, closes for five years of renovation. Around 2,000 works of art will be dispatched to other French and foreign museums. Part of the museum's collection can be seen quite soon, for instance, at the Grand

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Sergey Bocharov's portrait of the Night Witches and the 46th Guards Regiment's combat record

Group Portrait of the Heroine Airwomen of the 46th Guards Taman Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, Order of the Red Banner and Order of Suvorov, by Sergey Bocharov, 1985. The painting was acquired by the Central House of Aviation and Cosmonautics of DOSAAF, where it is on display to this day.

Archaeology · Museums · Paris

Bronze Tyche found in Paris in 1675 and regarded as the patron goddess of Lutetia

The goddess of chance Tyche was depicted not only with a cornucopia and a ship's rudder, but also wearing a crown in the form of city walls. Popular in the Hellenistic age, the goddess was regarded as the patroness of cities. Female statues with a fortress tower on

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In the Netherlands, local police, with the help of art detective Arthur Brand, have found Pieter Brueghel the Younger's painting "Woman Carrying Coals", stolen from the National Museum in Gdańsk half a century ago. At present the Polish authorities…

During the theft in 1974 the criminal replaced the original with a reproduction, and also made off with a sketch by Anthony van Dyck. According to Brand, the trail of the painting was first picked up by a reporter for the Dutch magazine Vind, who spotted it at an exhibition

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Yesterday the West Wing of the New Tretyakov opened "Experiments in Contemplation", an exhibition by Valery Yurlov, the living patriarch of Soviet nonconformism

Yesterday the West Wing of the New Tretyakov opened "Experiments in Contemplation", an exhibition by Valery Yurlov, the living patriarch of Soviet nonconformism. The works on show include, for instance, pieces from 1957 and 1958. The retrospective of Yurlov's career spans more than 70 years. But

A painting on a white gallery wall: a large fragment of a face in black and grey tones, with a wide open eye and a slightly open mouth.

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A dialogue of arts between Natalia Turnova and Alexandre Cabanel

Natalia Turnova and Alexandre Cabanel: A Dialogue of the Arts

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Nataliya Turnova’s exhibition “Unceremonial Portrait” at the Multimedia Art Museum

Natalia Turnova at the Multimedia Art Museum. Let us begin by recalling the artist's biography, which I gleaned from some interview or other. A childhood in Kabul and in Myanmar. You see now where those bright, Eastern monochromes and colour combinations come from? She traced her first artistic

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A French Soup Tureen of the Sixteenth Century in the Shape of a Cauliflower

A French soup tureen of the sixteenth century in the shape of a cauliflower. With its own snail, naturally. This is France, after all

A cream silk dress with a floral pattern, full sleeves and a wide skirt on a mannequin in a display case with a purple backdrop.

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Wedding dress of Balzac’s era at the “Lost Illusions” exhibition, Palais Galliera

A Wedding Dress of 1834. Silk fabric with floral decoration and a satin ground. Palais Galliera, Museum of Fashion of the City of Paris. Gift of the Countess de Castries. The dress is shown at the exhibition "Lost Illusions" as a typical wedding dress of the period, in

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Gurko's Russian troops defeated Suleiman Pasha's army at Philippopolis in January 1878

Officer's helmet with the badge "For Philippopolis, 3rd, 4th and 5th January 1878" The Battle of Philippopolis (Plovdiv) took place on 2–7 January 1878 during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. The Russian forces of the Western Detachment under Lieutenant-General I. V. Gurko,

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A Brief Review of the Key Publications of the Last Two Weeks of February

A brief review of the key publications of the last two weeks of February. We have spoken about new exhibitions, unique museum collections and the repatriation of art, and touched on pressing questions of the Russian art market and of architectural heritage. 📌 The Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow and the